Program Description

Promotes the intensive use of the land by the usufructuaries (agricultural entrepreneurs) of Title VI, through the purchase and distribution of family farms. To help meet these ends, the Corporation looks for sources of financing, offers training in agricultural marketing and provides basic infrastructure services to new and existing projects. It coordinates technical services necessary for the operation of its farms. Family Farms are used to establish productive agricultural units, owned by the Corporation and conceded in usufruct to families that inhabit them for development, as established by agricultural policy. Also, new ornamental projects and other agricultural enterprises are developed within the Program of Family Farms, for example: anthuriums, tomatoes and the production of honey.

It also contributes to the elimination of physically, economically and socially isolated familes who live in diverse sectors of the rural zones of Puerto Rico. It provides physical and economic infrastructure services (hygiene, health, nutrition and other workshops) to families in communities of difficult access, including the Special Communities of the rural zones of the island.

Objectives

• To promote the development of sustainable agriculture, with emphasis on the application of practices related to the adequate use of land and the development of the infrastructure needed to achieve success in agricultural enterprises.

• To continue to offer technical consulting to farmers in order to maximize disposable resources through services and technical advice to the agronomists.

• Modify the Corporation's Title VI Program of Family Farms, in accordance to the island's urban development, growth and evolution of the families of the usufructuaries.

• To continue to offer infrastructure and household economy services to isolated communities.

Customers

Participating usufructuaries and families of isolated communities

Human Resources

Authorized and Proposed Positions	2009	2010	2011	2012
Managerial,Technical, Administrative, and Office Staff	3	4	5	0
Other staff	39	35	1	0
Total, Positions	42	39	6	0

It is responsible for carrying out functions related with the direction, administration, programming, budget, follow-up and evaluation of operational programs.

Objectives

• To coordinate and manage the operational programs of the Corporation, in order to comply with established public policy.

• To execute the functions related with the programming, budget, follow-up and evaluation of the operational programs.

Internal personnel and the general public

Human Resources

Authorized and Proposed Positions	2009	2010	2011	2012
Managerial,Technical, Administrative, and Office Staff	25	25	15	0
Other staff	2	0	0	0
Total, Positions	27	25	15	0

Contributes to eliminate physical, economic and social isolation of families that live in diverse sectors of the rural zones of Puerto Rico. Provides physical infrastructure services and home services (workshops of hygiene, health, nutrition and others) to families of communities that are difficult to access, including Special Communities of the rural zones of the island.

As of July 1, 2011, the program for Improvement of Isolated Communities became an activity under the Development of Family Farms Program.

Human Resources

Authorized and Proposed Positions	2009	2010	2011	2012
Managerial,Technical, Administrative, and Office Staff	2	2	0	0
Other staff	13	6	0	0
Total, Positions	15	8	0	0

Customers

Families residing in rural mountainous zones

Human Resources

Authorized and Proposed Positions	2009	2010	2011	2012
Managerial,Technical, Administrative, and Office Staff	33	18	14	0
Other staff	11	9	7	0
Planning, Budget, Statistics, Auditing, and Finance	0	3	0	0
Maintenance and General Services Staff	0	1	1	0
Total, Positions	44	31	22	0

FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012 ADOPTED BUDGET

Beginning fiscal year 2011-2012 the funds, positions and functions of the Rural Development Corporation will be transferred and integrated into the Department of Agriculture, the Administration for the Development of Agricultural Enterprises and the Land Authority; according to the dispositions of the Reorganization Plan Num. 4 of July 26, 2010, known as the Reorganization Plan of the Department of Agriculture of 2010.

SUMMARY OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES